M. S. Warren

8.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
50 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

M. S. Warren is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, M. S. Warren has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 25 papers in Ecological Modeling and 20 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in M. S. Warren's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (30 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (25 papers) and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (20 papers). M. S. Warren is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (30 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (25 papers) and Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (20 papers). M. S. Warren collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Belgium and Spain. M. S. Warren's co-authors include Chris van Swaay, Chris D. Thomas, Jeremy A. Thomas, Richard Fox, Jane K. Hill, Brian Huntley, Nils Ryrholm, Constantí Stefanescu, Jaakko Kullberg and Toomas Tammaru and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

M. S. Warren

50 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Poleward shifts in geographical ranges of butterfly species associated with regional warming

1999 1.7k citations Camille Parmesan, Nils Ryrholm et al. Nature profile →
Rapid responses of British butterflies to opposing forces of climate and habitat change

2001 1.0k citations M. S. Warren, Jane K. Hill et al. Nature profile →
The decline of butterflies in Europe: Problems, significance, and possible solutions

2021 251 citations M. S. Warren, Dirk Maes et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. S. Warren United Kingdom	32	3.6k	3.5k	3.2k	1.8k	1.5k	50	6.2k
Constantí Stefanescu Spain	35	3.5k 1.0×	3.2k 0.9×	2.9k 0.9×	2.5k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	121	7.0k
Paulo A. V. Borges Portugal	42	2.8k 0.8×	3.2k 0.9×	2.4k 0.8×	2.8k 1.5×	1.4k 1.0×	327	7.5k
Pedro Cardoso Finland	45	2.9k 0.8×	2.8k 0.8×	2.8k 0.9×	2.9k 1.6×	2.1k 1.4×	221	7.7k
Chris van Swaay Netherlands	33	2.7k 0.7×	2.5k 0.7×	2.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	998 0.7×	74	4.8k
Mark V. Lomolino United States	39	2.9k 0.8×	1.9k 0.5×	2.0k 0.6×	3.9k 2.1×	1.1k 0.8×	90	6.6k
Thomas Schmitt Germany	44	2.4k 0.6×	3.7k 1.0×	2.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	3.4k 2.3×	212	6.5k
Roger L. H. Dennis United Kingdom	44	3.6k 1.0×	3.4k 1.0×	2.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	133	5.2k
Michel Baguette France	50	3.9k 1.1×	3.8k 1.1×	2.2k 0.7×	3.7k 2.0×	2.0k 1.4×	141	7.6k
John T. Longino United States	33	2.0k 0.6×	4.1k 1.2×	1.7k 0.5×	2.2k 1.2×	2.8k 1.9×	98	7.1k
Edward F. Connor United States	34	3.3k 0.9×	2.8k 0.8×	1.3k 0.4×	3.0k 1.6×	602 0.4×	81	6.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. S. Warren

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Warren, M. S., Dirk Maes, Chris van Swaay, et al.. (2021). The decline of butterflies in Europe: Problems, significance, and possible solutions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(2). 251 indexed citations breakdown →

Ellis, Sam, David Wainwright, Emily B. Dennis, et al.. (2019). Are habitat changes driving the decline of the UK’s most threatened butterfly: the High Brown Fritillary Argynnis adippe (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)?. Journal of Insect Conservation. 23(2). 351–367. 17 indexed citations

Maes, Dirk, Sue Collins, Miguel L. Munguira, et al.. (2013). Not the Right Time to Amend the Annexes of the European Habitats Directive. Conservation Letters. 6(6). 468–469. 30 indexed citations

Lee, Jonathan R., Emrys Phillips, S.J. Booth, et al.. (2013). A polyphase glacitectonic model for ice-marginal retreat and terminal moraine development: the Middle Pleistocene British Ice Sheet, northern Norfolk, UK. Proceedings of the Geologists Association. 124(5). 753–777. 34 indexed citations

Swaay, Chris van, Annabelle Cuttelod, Sue Collins, et al.. (2010). European Red List of Butterflies. 146 indexed citations

Maes, Dirk, Miguel L. Munguira, Nils Ryrholm, et al.. (2010). Do´s and don´ts for butterflies of the habitat directive. 1 indexed citations

Settele, Josef, Otakar Kudrna, Alexander Harpke, et al.. (2009). Corrigenda: Climatic Risk Atlas of European Butterflies. Phaidra (Universität Wien). 2. 33–72. 5 indexed citations

Bulman, C. R., Robert J. Wilson, Alison R. Holt, et al.. (2007). MINIMUM VIABLE METAPOPULATION SIZE, EXTINCTION DEBT, AND THE CONSERVATION OF A DECLINING SPECIES. Ecological Applications. 17(5). 1460–1473. 111 indexed citations

Swaay, Chris van, M. S. Warren, & Grégoire Loïs. (2006). Biotope use and trends of European butterflies. Journal of Insect Conservation. 10(3). 305–306. 14 indexed citations

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Conrad, K. F., M. S. Warren, Richard Fox, Mark Parsons, & I. P. Woiwod. (2006). Rapid declines of common, widespread British moths provide evidence of an insect biodiversity crisis. Biological Conservation. 132(3). 279–291. 369 indexed citations

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Swaay, Chris van, M. S. Warren, & Grégoire Loïs. (2006). Biotope Use and Trends of European Butterflies. Journal of Insect Conservation. 10(2). 189–209. 274 indexed citations

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Warren, M. S., et al.. (2005). Prime Butterfly Areas of Europe: An Initial Selection of Priority Sitesfor Conservation. Journal of Insect Conservation. 10(1). 5–11. 51 indexed citations

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Warren, M. S., Jane K. Hill, Jeremy A. Thomas, et al.. (2001). Rapid responses of British butterflies to opposing forces of climate and habitat change. Nature. 414(6859). 65–69. 1037 indexed citations breakdown →

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Parmesan, Camille, Nils Ryrholm, Constantí Stefanescu, et al.. (1999). Poleward shifts in geographical ranges of butterfly species associated with regional warming. Nature. 399(6736). 579–583. 1711 indexed citations breakdown →

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Warren, M. S.. (1994). The UK status and suspected metapopulation structure of a threatened European butterfly, the marsh fritillary Eurodryas aurinia. Biological Conservation. 67(3). 239–249. 85 indexed citations

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Warren, M. S. & R. J. Fuller. (1993). Woodland Rides and Glades: Their Management for Wildlife. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 29 indexed citations

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Thomas, Chris D., Jeremy A. Thomas, & M. S. Warren. (1992). Distributions of occupied and vacant butterfly habitats in fragmented landscapes. Oecologia. 92(4). 563–567. 233 indexed citations

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Fuller, R. J. & M. S. Warren. (1990). Coppiced woodlands: their management for wildlife.. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 46 indexed citations

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Warren, M. S.. (1987). The Ecology and Conservation of the Heath Fritillary Butterfly, Mellicta athalia. II. Adult Population Structure and Mobility. Journal of Applied Ecology. 24(2). 483–483. 88 indexed citations

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Warren, M. S., et al.. (1986). Annual and Long-Term Changes in a Population of the Wood White Butterfly Leptidea sinapis. Journal of Animal Ecology. 55(2). 707–707. 42 indexed citations

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